Patrycja received her MSc degree in biotechnology from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan where she continued with PhD research in the group of Prof. Jarmolowski and Prof. Szweykowska-Kulińska. During her PhD studies she worked on tRNA and tRNA-derived short RNAs in a model plant A. thaliana. After graduating in 2019, Patrycja got her first Postdoc position in K. Dorota Raczyńska’s group to study novel functions of U7 snRNA as well as biogenesis and functions of snoRNA-derived small RNAs in human cells. In her spare time, she enjoys reading crime novels and going to zumba classes.